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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 31, 2012 - 05:08pm PT
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Reilly,
Thanks for the fantastic video link. Anybody notice the fruit bat carrying its pup at 2:38?
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 31, 2012 - 05:38pm PT
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Today, undisclosed location in Riverside County:
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Jan 31, 2012 - 05:41pm PT
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Thanks, Tony, I had missed that.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 31, 2012 - 06:13pm PT
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Burrowing Owls are the bomb :-)
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 31, 2012 - 06:19pm PT
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Adorable Burrowing Owl. Their numbers are really suffering in our area. What a cutie.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jan 31, 2012 - 08:48pm PT
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OK looks like a Nuttall's Woodpecker.
We don't have ladder backs where I live.
And this looks a lot like one of those!
What a difference a pair of binoculars makes and a picture...
Right?
dude, that owl looks fake and hilarious. Cool shot.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Screech Owl from Raptor Rescue last weekend
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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OK looks like a Nuttall's Woodpecker.
We don't have ladder backs where I live.
Just looking for a verification.
I don't like to pen it in until I know for certain.
But Since we don't have ladder backs in SLO county, it has to be Nuttall's.
So unless anyone objects :) i'll pen in #107 (man they're getting harder and harder to get!).
How many birds in California? Is there a ballpark figure? I realize migration etc. makes it tough, but what do they say?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Slater...This list of California birds is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Birds Records Committee (CBRC).
There are, as of 2009, 641 species on this list. Fifteen of these species are introduced (I)–species that are non-native to California but now have established populations. Two of these species are extirpated (E)–species that are native to California but no longer have established populations there (they still do in other places). Birds marked with an asterisk (*) are currently under review by the CBRC. The CBRC states the following about birds under review:
You got a long way to go. :-)
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Slater.
Besides the range, your second photo shows the main field mark: a solid black area on the upper back between the stripes and the neck. In the Owens Valley and Mojave Desert the two species do hybridize.
Here is a Ladder-backed from SE AZ
Here is one from China Ranch, near Death Valley. It seems possibly intermediate. Willoughby?
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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641 birds in Cali!
SWEET!
I was actually afraid that I wasn't gonna see anything new! ha ha (not really). But it is getting harder to pick up new ones in my neighborhood. Most of the 107 birds I got were found within about 50 miles of home.
Time to start road tripping!
I'm digging raptors (still super hard to figure out the hawks though), and the sparrows and warblers have given me the most bang for my buck! they are everywhere and sure are neat, but hard to spot they move so dang quick!
My 8 year old has a list of 98 birds! ha ha. He has his own binocs and book!
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Plan B
Ice climber
Agua Dulce,CA
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Nutall's at the hummingbird feeder
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Vosser
Trad climber
reno, NV
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here's a pretty rare bird only two in existence.[photo[photoid=235964]id=235963]
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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whoa!
All I'm getting are those darn house finches...
every day I think I'm looking at some new exotic bird and it's just the house finch. I think their winter feathers are a lot redder and their streaks more defined because they look a lot more exotic these days!
The guy on top is giving me the once over...
"whose the funny lookin' dude with the binocs?"
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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House Finches are all right! I'm just, today in Seattle, starting to get them in my pear tree, but they are not touching the feeder.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Caught these two doing a mating dance...pretty cool.
Evening Grosbeak...I just love these guys.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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funny how your backyard birds are totally exotic to someone else! Would love to see some of those!
My feeder birds are lame ha ha.
Even my 8 yr old says... hey dad!... oh never mind... darn house finch!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Bob, I could look at Flicker photos for all eternity. Thanks.
I bought myself a new lens for the season and to help the economy and just received it. I'm still working out the focusing, auto or not, but it's easier now I have two arms. Here is a y'all-know-what, but looking a little worn or something. I think it's a first year.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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A modest contribution to a fine thread
cheers
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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I was birding today at the Vic Fazio Wildlife Refuge on the Yolo Bypass between Sacramento and Davis, CA. Is this a Willet?
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